Portview has once again proved its fit-out credentials by winning two categories in this year's National Association of Shopfitters (NAS) Design Partnership awards.
The Northern Ireland fit-out specialist won the Retail award for its work on The Whisky Shop in London and the Leisure award for its role in the Knightsbridge-based Montreux Jazz Café.
Simon Campbell, Managing Director, Portview Fit-out Ltd, said: "We are always delighted to work on high-quality projects with distinctive brands such as The Whisky Shop and Montreux Jazz Café which allow us to bring our unique experience and skill-set to a prime location. Working on both sites brought their own challenges in terms of noise disruption and scheduling deliveries in a busy area, which we are proud to say we managed effectively. In both instances our team helped create a bespoke environment which maintains the integrity of both of our clients' brands. It brings us tremendous pleasure to have our efforts recognised on a UK-wide scale by our peers and to add to the considerable number of awards we have won in the past 12 months."
Portview, which is a multi-award winning, innovative interior fit-out specialist operating across the UK and Ireland for the world's top brands, worked with project managers, Leckenby Associates and luxury retail design consultancy, gpstudio on the Whisky Shop and with Portland Design on the Montreux Jazz Café projects.
Located across from world famous London landmark The Ritz Hotel, The Whisky Shop was designed to be luxurious, accessible and educational to both whisky novices and connoisseurs, leading them on a whisky journey of discovery and celebrating the heritage and craftsmanship of the product.
The Whisky Shop is the first retail store in the UK to provide a dedicated platform for some of the world's most exclusive whiskies. The Piccadilly store is widely regarded by the industry as the leading specialist whisky retailer in the world.
Interactive tasting displays, an information bar featuring iPad technology and a futuristic whisky library showcasing an unrivalled collection under fluorescent angel wings, in reference to whisky terminology ‘the angels' share', are just some of the features which position the store at the pinnacle of whisky shopping destinations.
Born out of the friendship between legendary artist Quincy Jones and Montreux Jazz Festival Founder Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Café concept was originally conceived as a way to offer festival-goers an open environment where artists and music lovers could mingle and first opened during the 34th Festival in 2000. The new Knightsbridge Café is the third of its kind in the world.
Musically speaking, London is one of the most important cities in the world. It is also a major tourism destination, with Knightsbridge the ultimate reference in terms of luxury, reserved for only the very best brands
The Montreux Jazz Cafe's 2500 sq ft space is divided into three areas including a 70-seater restaurant with an open kitchen where guests will be able to choose their meal from menus shaped like vinyl records and choose from dishes ranging from air-dried beef and Caviar pancakes to beef tartar, sweet and sour lobster salad and decadent puddings.
In the merchandising area, the Montreux Jazz Shop will offer all the Festival classics, and ‘Claude's Collection' will make available an exclusive line of official Montreux Jazz Festival products. There is also a Funky Claude's Lounge for those looking for relaxation.
The NAS Design Partnership Award recognises excellence in interior design and shopfitting contracting with emphasis on the special partnership between designer/architect and contractor that high quality contracts such as these demand.
The NAS Design Partnership winners were announced at an Award Ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London.
